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Neurological Complications in a Predominantly African American Population of COVID-19
- COVID-19 patients often present neurological problems, such as anosmia, headache, dysgeusia altered mental status (AMS), Guillen-Barre Syndrome, or ischemic stroke.
- Researchers analyzed the medical records of COVID-19 patients in Louisiana, in which 80% of the sample was African American, to assess neurological complications from COVID-19. It was found that 14% of the sample presented with a neurological chief complaint at presentation, with the most common complaints being either AMS, syncope, or headache. Upon hospitalization, 38% of the sample had a neurological complication, with AMS being the most common complication present.
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Updated 2020-08-26
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Biomedical Sciences